Eric Garcetti Quotes

Think about Kennedy. Think about Carter. Think about Clinton. Think about Obama. They've all been in their forties and from outside Washington, or underdogs in one way or another. I just think that Americans are looking everywhere, saying, 'Hey, show me some authenticity. Show me somebody who's practical. Show me people who run things.'

Eric Garcetti

• Americans
• Authenticity
• Clinton
• Obama
• Practical

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• I think that a lot of women that know they're going to be part of history somehow decide to have a character to be remembered by.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Women
  • Character
  • History

• I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.

  

  Vernon Jordan
  • Leadership
  • Rockefeller Plaza

• My wife Danielle and I love travelling, different cultures and good weather.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • Wife
  • Weather
  • Cultures

• There are lots of antagonists in the 'Jane Yellowrock' series, but one stands out as uber-evil to me, and that is Lucas DeAllyon.

  

  Faith Hunter
  • Evil
  • Series
  • Lucas

• I look more to the future. That's where my head is at.

  

  Flavor Flav
  • Future
  • Look
  • Where

• My friend Quincy Jones says we won our first Grammys together in 1963. I have no recollection. I don't even remember the room. When he showed me the picture, I remembered what I wore. But it's like awards don't mean anything.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Remember
  • Friend
  • Won

• If my life was a song the title would be 'Naima'.

  

  Naima Adedapo
  • Life
  • Song
  • My Life

• My fans are pretty spot-on with their gifts. This girl that was super into baking had made this entire batch of cookies - there were one with a dandelion on it, one with a trailer, and some had my face.

  

  Kacey Musgraves
  • Pretty
  • Girl
  • Cookies

• I would be ecstatic if the very first writer to step foot in a Storyknife cabin was an Alaska Native woman writer.

  

  Dana Stabenow
  • Woman
  • First
  • Step

• An important part of any focusing regimen is to set aside time at the end of the day - just before going to sleep - to acknowledge your successes, review your goals, focus on your successful future, and make specific plans for what you want to accomplish the next day.

  

  Jack Canfield
  • Time
  • Important
  • Future

• In the absence of full-fledged Congressional investigations, American policymakers rarely look back. They are bound by continuity and fealty across administrations and generations.

  

  Samantha Power
  • American
  • Look
  • Back

• I'm a father to four kids, so it bothers me that even though our children think big naturally, our society systematically trains them out of thinking that way.

  

  Astro Teller
  • Thinking
  • Children
  • Kids

• I think if we get freedom for women, then they are probably going to do a lot of things that I wish they wouldn't do. But it seems to me that isn't our business to say what they should do with it. It is our business to see that they get it.

  

  Alice Paul
  • Women
  • Business
  • Freedom

• When I start training, I get very serious and focused about it. I probably train 4-5 days a week, and I eat probably eat 5-8 small meals a day to keep my metabolism going.

  

  Ciara
  • Small
  • Serious
  • Training

• There may yet be another Watergate book. I have thought a book about the aftermath of Watergate and its impact could be done, perhaps by me or someone else.

  

  Bob Woodward
  • Done
  • May
  • Book

• The more you can create that magic bubble, that suspension of disbelief, for a while, the better.

  

  Edward Norton
  • Magic

• So when they don't have certainty, they go the other way. In Ohio, we have given them certainty and things have been improved. But if we can get a Romney presidency, they are going to get much better.

  

  John Kasich

• I had a father who was active, present. There are people out there that never knew their fathers, didn't have their father's support. If I were to complain, that would be real sad. How dare I?

  

  John David Washington
  • People
  • Real
  • Father

• A relationship is like another job, you know, you have to work at it all the time.

  

  Candice Swanepoel
  • Time
  • Work
  • Job

• The older I get, the less I need. I wear the same jean shorts for the whole week. I'm not running to the store to get the latest bag.

  

  Daria Werbowy
  • Running

• Every generation of Americans who has fought, every generation of Americans who has served, has suffered.

  

  Eric Greitens
  • Generation
  • Americans
  • Suffered

• The pieces can be difficult, but he teaches you how to feel the music and not just play a bunch of notes.

  

  Jennifer Jones
  • Music
  • Pieces
  • Teaches

• One of the big differences between Democrats and Republicans is that we at least know what the Democrats stand for, whether we agree with it or not. But, for Republicans, we have to guess

  

  Thomas Sowell
  • Differences
  • Republican
  • Agree

• Think about Kennedy. Think about Carter. Think about Clinton. Think about Obama. They've all been in their forties and from outside Washington, or underdogs in one way or another. I just think that Americans are looking everywhere, saying, 'Hey, show me some authenticity. Show me somebody who's practical. Show me people who run things.'

  

  Eric Garcetti
  • Americans
  • Authenticity
  • Clinton